Riding breeches



Feb. 11, 1930- J. A. LIEBERMAN ET AL RIDING BREECHES Filed April 30,1929 Patented Feb. 11, 1930 j ira-assiy JOSEPH A. LIEBERMAN AND SAMUELCAPLIN, F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA RIDING BREECHES Application filedApril 30,

itself to easy, accurate and inexpensive alteration to provide a goodlit for the wearer.

Ready-to-wear riding breeches generally made and used heretofore havenot been adapted for easy and inexpensive alteration,

10 since, to enlarge or reduce the calf and knee portions of thebreeches, it was necessary to take the numerous, variously curved, andintricately assembled parts forming the leg construction apart, and,after the necessary adjustments or alterations had been made, to resewsuch parts together. This often necessitated the taking apart of suchparts as the button and buttonhole flies, as well as the leather orother reinforcing patches ordinarily provided for that portion of theleg which contacts with the saddle or the flanks of the horse.

In order to facilitate the alteration.and iitting of ready-to-wearbreeches it has been proposed to employ an auxiliary strip in the calfportion of the leg of the breeches, which could be ripped and enlargedor reduced. This however, failed to affect the knee portion of the legof the breeches, which, when alteration was necessary still had to betaken completely apart and reassembled or made over.

It is therefore the object of my invention to provide an auxiliary stripextending from the bottom extremity of the breeches to a point above theknee portion, said strip extending rearwardly from the button flyto themain body portion of the leg of the breeches, so as not to interferewith reinforcing patches or other parts of the knee and calfconstruction.

A further object of my invention is to provide a strip of thischaracter, one longitudinal edge of which embodies the lines or curvesnecessary to give form and shape to the leg of the breeches, while theopposite longitudinal edge thereof is relatively straight or gentlycurved, so that when it is desired to iit the calf and knee portions ofthe breeches, it is merely necessary to rip said t 192e. serial No.359,236. *UM w strip from the main body portion of the leg, alongV saidrelatively straight or gently curved edge, thus reducing the fitting andalteration of the knee and calf portions of the leg of the breeches tothe single and simple operation of ripping and resewing one straight orgently curved seam, in lieu of taking apart and resewing the variouslycurved and intricately assembled parts forming the knee and calfportions.

For the purpose of illustrating our invention we have shown in theaccompanying ldrawings one form thereof which is at present preferred byus, since the same has been found in practice to give satisfactoryjandreliable results, -although it is to be understood that the variousinstrumentalities, of which our invention consists can be variouslyarranged and organized and that our invention is not limited to theprecise arrangement and organization of theY instrumentalities as hereinshown and described. In the accompanying drawings:

' Fig. 1, represents a side elevation of the novel auxiliary stripembodying my invention shown detached. y V

Fig. 2, represents a side elevation of the knee and calf portions of theleg of a pair of riding breeches provided with the strip embodying myinvention.

Fig. 3, represents a View of the construction seen in Fig.2, turnedinside out.

Referring tothe drawings, in which like reference characters indicatelike parts, Fig. 1, illustrates a `strip comprising the body 1, havingthe straight bottom edge 2. the slightly curved continuous edge 3, andthe straight edge 4, offset at 5 and merging into the curved edge 6. Thebody 1 tapers upwardly and terminates in thepoint or apex 7. 9designates a button fly which is carried by the strip `1, and whichcarries the buttons 10 which are adapted to be engaged by the buttonholes 1l on thefly 12 which is carriedby or integral with the continuousbody portion 13 of the leg 14. rflic body portion 13 extends halfwayaround the leg and is joined to the body portion 13X by the seam 16. Thebody portion 13X is joined to the lower calf portion 17 bythe seam 18.My novel strip 1 is joined along the apice? continuous edge 3 to thebody portion 13X and the calf portion 17 by the seam 19 and to the bodyportion 13 along the seam 20. The curved edge 21 of the body portion 18and the curved edges 22 and 23 of the body portion 13X and calf portion17 respectively, determine the shape or form of the leg 14. Then it isdesired to reduce or enlarge the leg 14 it is merely necessary to ripthe continuous edge 3 and after the desired adjustment has been made, toresew the seam 19, whereby said leg is reduced or enlarged without inany way interfering with or affecting the form of the leg. The rippingand resewing of the continuous seam 19 consumes considerably less timeand labour than is involved in the complete taking apart, adjustment,and reassembly of the various parts forming the leg 14 as will bereadily apparent.

lVe are aware that the invention may be embodied in other specilic formswithout departing from the spirit or essential attributes thereof, andwe therefore desire the present embodiment to be considered in allrespects as illustrative and not restrictive, reference being had to theappended claims rather than to the foregoing description to indicate thescope of the invention.

Having thus described our invention. what we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. In the leg portion of riding breeches, an adjustment strip for theleg portion of riding breeches and the like, comprising an elongatedbody having a short, horizontal bottom edge, a continuous curved sideedge extend-v ing upwardly from said bottom edge the entire length ofsaid body, and an opposite, upper, curved side edge extending downwardlyto about the midlength of said body and merging into an offset, straight-side edgey joined at its lower extremity to said bottom edge, saidcurved edges converging upward#A ly to form an upper tapered terminusfor said body, said strip being sewed to the juxtaposed portions of saidleg along said curved edges, whereby said leg may be widened or narrowedbythe location of the seam joiningsaid continuous curved edge to thejuxtaposed por tion of said leg.

2. In the leg portion of riding breeches, an

adjustment strip for the leg portion of riding breeches and the like,comprising an elongated body having a short, horizontal bottom edge, acontinuous, curved side edge extending upwardly from said bottom edgethe entire length of said body, and an opposite, upper curved sideextending downwardly to about the midlength of said body and merginginto an offset, straight side edge joined at its lower extremity to saidbottom edge,

said curved edges converging upwardly toV form an upper tapered terminusfor said body, said strip being sewed to the juxtaposed portions of saidleg along said curved edges,

JOSEPH A. LIEBERMAN. SAMUEL CAPLIN.

